Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Djibouti: Development Aid

The Lord Bishop of St Albans: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Djibouti in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: The UK does not have a bilateral aid programme with Djibouti. The UK does make contributions to multilateral programmes, such as the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which has allocated funds to Djibouti.

South Sudan: Development Aid

The Lord Bishop of St Albans: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to South Sudan in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: Statistics on the UK Government's international development work can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/statistics-on-international-development . The UK has provided the following amounts of bilateral and multilateral Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to South Sudan between 2017 and 2020: £221,802,000 (2017), £178,127,000 (2018), £259,752,000 (2019) and £118,217,000 (2020). Final UK Aid spend for 2021 will be published in Autumn 2022.The UK remains a leading donor to South Sudan. We use our aid budget to work with the UN and partners to respond to South Sudan's humanitarian crisis, fund crucial health and education services, and support peacebuilding efforts. Our aid budget is complemented by our diplomatic work, which presses for the implementation of the peace agreement, constitutional reforms and good public financial management. These are essential for the wider progress towards stability and prosperity of South Sudan.

Zimbabwe: Maternal Mortality

Lord Oates: To ask Her Majesty's Government whatsteps they are taking, together with partners in Zimbabwe, to help reduce the maternal mortality rate in that country.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: The UK has supported and will continue to support essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health and nutrition services in Zimbabwe. Alongside international partners, our 'Supporting a Resilient Health System' programme (£130 million, 2017-22) has benefitted 5.4 million women and children in Zimbabwe through delivering essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health and nutrition services.